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| Thread ID: 105835 | 2009-12-16 01:23:00 | Home Theatre type suggestion please | Mcpisik (4924) | Press F1 |
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| 840056 | 2009-12-16 01:23:00 | Hi, We have a home business where we'd like a screen high on a wall, to display music video and shop product images in between videos. We have a grunty pc downstairs that runs all day... Want to know: Could something send a signal wirelessly from downstairs pc, to upstairs monitor? Or should I build a Home Theatre type setup to place somewhere closer to the monitor. If so, can someone provide what they think would be minimum items for it? Doesn't need to surf the web etc...in fact maybe just hdd for storing video files etc maybe??? Thanks for your opinions! |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 840057 | 2009-12-16 01:33:00 | Something like This here (www.pbtech.co.nz) - simply plug it into your TV, attach a USB drive with the Video and away you go. Manufactures site (www.wdc.com) - in the overview, click on the videos ( on the right) to see how easy it works. Edited: only thing I'm not to sure of is if it does a continuous playback ( loop) Edited 2 just read teh manual - it does loop for pictures at least. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 840058 | 2009-12-16 01:40:00 | Terrific thanks...will take a good look Cheers |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 840059 | 2009-12-16 01:46:00 | Just read further in the manual- downloaded from that site - it does have a repeat function for video. P35 | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 840060 | 2009-12-16 02:56:00 | Here are some ideas from easiest to hardest to do: Use something like a WDTV or Asus O play and connect a flash drive/HD to it and play it from there(easy) Use a WDTV Live which will allow you to stream it wirelessly from the PC downstairs, after you install a wireless adapter on it.($220) You could also have use an old PC or an ex-lease HP/compaq pc(~$250) and stream everything from your downstairs PC using simple SMB shares, or UPnP etc. Or just store it all in a HDD(Reasonably easy) Stream to a second hand xbox with XBMC installed(harder) The above 2 would only work if the signal strength is strong enough, and you would also need to buy a wireless router($80-$150) or use a wireless adapter on the downstairs PC and create an ad hoc network) Or, you could go for a wired solution and connect them via a crossover cable or to a router....or if that option is not available then Ethernet over Power, which is more reliable than wireless but can be expensive(~$100) Cheers Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 840061 | 2009-12-16 19:10:00 | Cheers Blam, appreciate the details. | Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 840062 | 2009-12-16 22:03:00 | Something like This here (www.pbtech.co.nz) As for a screen... We need to buy one for this setup. What is the difference between an lcd monitor and lcd tv? |
Mcpisik (4924) | ||
| 840063 | 2009-12-17 01:28:00 | As for a screen... We need to buy one for this setup. What is the difference between an lcd monitor and lcd tv? A TV will have a tuner in it and, unless you get a full HD model, it will only display at 1366x768 or something like that. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 840064 | 2009-12-17 01:30:00 | LCD TV's include a TV tuner so you can watch TV, and also usually offer more ports and features(DLNA etc) for better connectivity to other devices(DVD players, PVR, etc) LCD Monitors will be cheaper, what size are you after? You can easily pick up 24" 1080p Monitors for ~$325 these days:D Blam |
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